The first December birding group date was in danger of being cancelled due to the bad weather but we did find one place with a fair forecast and that was Marbury Country Park and Budworth Mere. The day turned out to be quite pleasant and we had a couple of nice sightings in Kingfisher and Great Spotted Woodpecker and some Redwing and a single Fieldfare. We went on to the “Spinner & Bergamot” in Comberbach for a good pub lunch and our end of term planning meeting.<\/p>\n
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We had phoned the pub up in advance and arranged for a big table and there were about eight of us there; not Richard or David Hulse, which was a shame, but we managed to knock up a schedule anyway. We still have a Tuesday next week at Martin Mere for further tickling of the schedule but for the moment it is :<\/p>\n
Jan 12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pennington<\/p>\n
Jan 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Burton<\/p>\n
Jan 26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tatton Park<\/p>\n
Feb 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Neumann\u2019s Flash<\/p>\n
Feb 9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Parkgate (high tide); and then possibly New Brighton<\/p>\n
Feb 16\u00a0\u00a0 half term \u2013 but we could still decide to go out\/to be discussed further<\/p>\n
Feb 23\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH WALES \u2013 day trip<\/p>\n
Mar 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Frodsham<\/p>\n
Mar 8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Moore<\/p>\n
Mar 15\u00a0\u00a0 MARSHSIDE \u2013 day trip<\/p>\n
Mar 22\u00a0\u00a0 Marbury<\/p>\n
Then it is Easter.<\/p>\n
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| Species<\/th>\n | Count<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|
| Greylag Goose<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Canada Goose<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Shelduck<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gadwall<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mallard<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Pochard<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tufted Duck<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Great Crested Grebe<\/td>\n | 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Great Cormorant<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Grey Heron<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Buzzard<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Curlew<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Black-headed Gull<\/td>\n | 40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mew Gull<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Kingfisher<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Kestrel<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Jay<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Magpie<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Great Tit<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Blue Tit<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Long-tailed Tit<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Nuthatch<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| European Robin<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Blackbird<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fieldfare<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Redwing<\/td>\n | 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mistle Thrush<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Chaffinch<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| European Goldfinch<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marbury Country Park and Budworth Mere : 1st December 2015 The first December birding group date was in danger of being cancelled due to the bad weather but we did find one place with a fair forecast and that was Marbury Country Park and Budworth Mere. The day turned out to be quite pleasant and … <\/p>\n |